What to make with your box contents w/c 5 September
Be creative and adapt recipes to suit what you have in your fridge and store cupboard.
Homemade red lentil dal with flatbreads
Total time: 45 mins
Serves 4
Perfect for the start of autumnal weather, healthy and filling too. This is Emma’s tried and tested recipe, check out the video here
Ingredients
For the Dal
- 2 tablespoons Oil
- 1 onion chopped
- 2 tsp grated fresh ginger
- 3 medium carrots 🥕 diced
- 200g split red lentils
- 700 ml water
- 400g tin chopped tomatoes 🍅
- 1/2-1 tsp ground turmeric
- 1/2-1 tsp chilli 🌶 flakes
- 2 tsp cumin seeds
- 2 tsp black mustard seeds
- 4 garlic 🧄 cloves sliced
- 2 tsp garam masala
- Salt to taste
For the flatbreads
* 200g/7oz plain flour
* ¼ tsp salt
* 100ml/3½fl oz warm water
* 2 tbsp olive oil (or other type is fine)
Method
Once the lentils are cooked heat some oil in frying pan and add cumin seeds, mustard seeds and garlic and fry until garlic becomes slightly golden. Add to other pan with the garam masala, stir and season with salt.
Place the flour and salt in a large bowl and trickle on the water bit by bit.
Mix the water and flour mixture together.
Add the oil and knead the dough for about 5 mins – you are aiming for a soft dough. If it is too sticky, add a little more flour or if it is too dry, add a splash of water.
You can cook the breads straight away or leave the dough to stand for about 30 minutes.
On a clean surface, roll each ball of dough one at a time using a rolling pin. If you pick up and move round the flatbread often you know it hasn’t stuck. (You may need to sprinkle a little flour on the surface but only use a little as too much will dry out the dough.) Don’t worry if they aren’t perfect circles!
Heat a large frying pan. Take a sheet of kitchen paper and rub a little oil onto the surface of the pan. Cook each flatbread for about 2 minutes on one side – it should puff up a little. Flip the flatbread over using tongs and then cook for a couple of minutes on the other side. The flatbread should have turned lighter in colour and may have a few spots of brown. Keep the cooked flatbreads warm, wrapped in foil or a clean tea towel, until the others are cooked.
If you want crisp flatbreads rub them with a little olive oil, chop into strips or triangles with scissors and fry them for 5–10 minutes, or until crisp.
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